Daf Smith @Daf4Cymru Twitter profile

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Daf Smith

1 year

Given how well these have been received, who would be up for an #indywales Q&A Mega-thread with multiple contributors and links to studies, evidence and fact-checking? Can be bookmarked and QT'd for anyone asking legit questions (and for trolls). @YesCymru @YesScot

Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Apparently, Wales can't become independent because its people wouldn't have passports, and Wales wouldn't have any trade deals. Because no country that has gained independence in the last 100 years has managed to set up its own passport office and make new trade agreements.

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Apparently, Wales can't become independent because its people wouldn't have passports, and Wales wouldn't have any trade deals. Because no country that has gained independence in the last 100 years has managed to set up its own passport office and make new trade agreements.

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

10 months

If certain Welsh people got as angry about child poverty as they do about 20mph speed limits, we'd be independent already and able to tackle the real problems facing our nation. Those making the most noise about this have a hell of a lot of growing up to do.

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Update: apparently, Wales can't be independent because the DVLA, Mint and civil service jobs will all move back to England (says Billy No-Pic One-Follower) Because an independent Wales won't need driving licenses, or coins, or a civil service, like every other country on Earth.

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

10 months

@ifanmj @OwsWills I don't understand the reaction against 15 minute cities. Why wouldn't you want your city to have better amenities and access to them?

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Tonight, England take on Malta. In 1919, after limiting the amount of food provided for the Maltese, the colonial government fired upon the public gathered to protest the cost of living crisis. 4 people died. In 1964, Malta gained its independence from the UK...

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Wales has a population 6x that of Malta, & a very similar GDP/capita. Cymru has heard the same baseless arguments many times. If Malta can do it, Cymru can too. There is no colonialist argument that has not already been debunked before. Join @YesCymru

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Join YesCymru to be part of the campaign for an Independent Wales. #indyWales

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

7 months

Ask anyone gloating about Wales' education scores being the lowest in the UK, if they know who ultimately decides how much money to Wales has to spend on education and child poverty eradication. Cos it sure isn't Wales.

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

9 months

Tomorrow is the 2nd anniversary of my best mate taking his life. Still miss him, always will. Thankfully, when I reached that point shortly after he did, I called the @samaritans on 116 123, and I'm here to tell the story. You'll always be my best man, Ger. #YouAreNotAlone

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Wales-only revenue (2019): £29.4bn Wales-only expenditure (2019): £24.3bn Figures from HMRC. How about we decide what happens with our money eh? Join @YesCymru

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Fact check. All figures annual. Welsh tax revenue is £25b. Welsh public services cost £24b. Any extra money is spent by the UK on behalf of Wales, so Wales doesn't get a say. £13b (or £17b) deficit figure has been debunked. Welsh water and energy is taken without pay back.

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Imagine a world where Wales doesn't have to wait for another unsympathetic country to decide what infrastructure does and doesn't get built. If this appeals to you, help us make it happen. Support independence. Join @YesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @BylinesCymru

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Join YesCymru to be part of the campaign for an Independent Wales. #indyWales

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Martin Shipton

@ShiptonMartin

1 year

Investment in Wales at risk due to UK Government delays

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

It was famously told by British press in 1959 that it could not possibly survive if independent. It has been independent for 59 years. The predictions of the Westminster government were wrong and repetition of them was lies. They were "too small and too poor"...

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Well, @MarkDrakeford , perhaps Wales should leave the UK then. Stop moaning about the source of all the problems, then arguing to stay attached to the source.

UK government created conditions that led to Cardiff riots, says Mark Drakeford

Exclusive: Welsh first minister points to ‘13 years of erosion’ under Conservatives after unrest that followed deaths of two boys

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

We want a future where our money isn't taken for projects elsewhere. Where our resources are traded fairly, not stolen. Where our priorities are put first: eradicating poverty, improving public infrastructure. The union is the past. Independence is the future. @YesCymru

YesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@YesCymru

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We're YesCymru. We exist because there's a need. A need to change. Wales needs change. Wales needs a reset. Wales needs its moment. YesCymru is that moment. We're Wales' biggest movement for change. Join us. Support us. Help us change our nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

People joining the fast growing and largest Independence campaign group in Wales, @YesCymru . Yes to Wales, Yes to independence, Yes to an inclusive, prosperous future to all in Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Join us!

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Join YesCymru to be part of the campaign for an Independent Wales. #indyWales

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@loveandbullets

@loveandbullets1

1 year

I've just joined @YesCymru #annibyniaeth #indyWales

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

7 months

Who put 50p in the clown?

Andrew RT Davies

@AndrewRTDavies

7 months

Labour and Plaid imposed blanket 20mph speed limits on Wales. I told BBC WalesCast they must be scrapped.

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Apart from Montenegro, Bosnia, North Macedonia, Moldova, Belarus, Estonia, Slovenia, Germany, Latvia, Malta, Ireland, Italy, Iceland, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Czechia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Finland, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia... (and that's just Europe)

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

...and became a republic in 1974 following the election of the labour movement there. They created their own currency in 1972, rejecting the pound post-independence. It remains bi-lingual, with a rich history, a population of 520,000, and a GDP/capita around $33k...

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

What do you care about more: - Boris Johnson breaking the law by not handing over his phone to the COVID enquiry OR - Huw Edwards not breaking the law? I'd do a poll, but I know it's 95% Boris and 5% lunatics.

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

10 months ago, my wife and I bought a house in England. After agreeing with the joint owner of the house, we renamed it to something in Cymraeg. Neighbours and local businesses were not consulted. Why? Because we own the house. It's none of the neighbours' business. 1/3

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

10 months

@FionaMMorgan @ifanmj @OwsWills I tried to research opposition to the scheme, but all I could find were conspiracy theories. Who wants less access to their local facilities? Down with being able to access a doctor, bank, supermarket, grocer, bakery, butcher, school etc. Proper madness.

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

10 months

Really good set of questions from Gazza here. My answers in the thread below. 🧵👇

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@GarethJ40238834

10 months

@Daf4Cymru @amberweb I’m curious though Daf. What currency would we use? What about defence? Would we rejoin the EU? Would the EU even want Wales? Would be be in NATO?

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

@YesCymru @carolvorders I've got a 9.

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

No regrets supporting Liz Truss, excuses for Westminster over Wales' missing £5b for HS2, & when asked what he would do differently, no even a sniff of a policy. Wales doesn't need Wet-minster viceroys and apologists. It needs independence. Join @YesCymru

The Andrew RT Davies interview: Liz Truss, Brexit and my Twitter account

The Andrew RT Davies Twitter account has become a focal point in its own right given what appears on it — but the leader of the Welsh Conservatives stands by it

www.walesonline.co.uk

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Here's a question I'd love the answer to: When @UKLabour win the GE, what deal will the offer Wales who have been loyal supporters for over 100 years? And when they break promises, cos they will, how long will @WelshLabour wait until they call for a split, and independence?

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

9 months

Yes, all those underfunded Welsh villages in *checks notes* Birmingham will benefit from a slightly faster train to *checks notes again* not quite London.

Nation.Cymru

@NationCymru

9 months

Wales will continue to benefit from HS2 even after its northern leg has been scrapped, a UK Government minister has claimed. 👉

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

All this stuff about Huw Edwards smells like a massive stitch up and an attempt by one person to get 5 minutes of fame and a payout from The Scum. The police have said no illegality. The supposed "victim" has already refuted and dismissed their relative's claims.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Glad to be a part of @YesCymru . Open to all who want independence and to be represented by those who will govern a future Wales. If you want independence for all in Wales, join us. Nothing else will change until we are able to change it ourselves. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Apparently, Wales can't become independent because "if we do, the UK can legislate to stop paying anyone's pensions whether they're in Wales or not." There's fear-mongering, then there's this.

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

10 months

Have that, Eddie Jones, you arrogant little bawbag. Enjoy the plane ride back! The failure from Australia! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

@YesCymru Unionism has no economic arguments whatsoever. They want resources from Cymru and Scotland. They want them for free. Taxes, water, energy, or somewhere to put their power stations, nuclear missiles, and second homes. They know it. We know it. They're learning that we know it.

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

9 months

Muting/blocking Andrew Right Tw*t Davies. Guy's just a pathetic troll. His own party hate him, let alone everyone else. Nothing he says is relevant, barely anything actually true. If this is the best Welsh Conservatives can do, the election should be a piece of cake.

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

I'd prefer it if he called for Welsh independence. Why should Wales have to go to Waste-minster, begging bowl in hand, to ask for the money back that we've given them in taxes? Cut out the grifting middle-men. #indywales Join @YesCymru

Nation.Cymru

@NationCymru

1 year

Sir Keir Starmer has called for more devolution in a keynote speech at the Welsh Labour conference in Llandudno

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Wales as a country does not receive ANYTHING for free from the UK. We pay our way, or the money is taken from us anyway. The UK, on the other hand, receives Welsh resources completely free, while Welsh households pay some of the highest energy and water bills in the UK.

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

10 months

@Rob21113Rob @FionaMMorgan @ifanmj @OwsWills And that's the conspiracy theory right there.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

@BythewayNigel @TillyWittrup @PolitlcsUK He doesn't have a permit to assault people tho.

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Important: Indy on its own gives us control of everything we need to make Wales prosper and lift thousands out of poverty. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Republicanism on its own just changes the face on our coins, stamps and banknotes. 💷 I support both, but only one brings tangible benefits. @YesCymru

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

9 months

Did you know you don't have to live in Wales to be a member of @YesCymru ? For £2 a month (£5 a year concession), you can join the largest non-partisan independence movement in Wales. This helps us organise marches and conferences and spread the indy message wider. @cymru_yes

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

@YesCymru Wales-only revenue (2019): £29.4bn Wales-only expenditure (2019): £24.3bn Figures from HMRC. How about we decide what happens with our money eh?

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

7 months

Just an FYI, as a director, I resisted this action with everything I could. Being in the minority on the board has not been easy, and I will continue to do everything I can to put this right, which from the outcry, is what the @YesCymru members want.

Nation.Cymru

@NationCymru

7 months

The CEO of YesCymru has been sacked by email due to the 'needs of the business changing', Nation Cymru can reveal ✍️ @EPriceJourno 👉

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Can't wait for Bangor. It's on my birthday too! I'll campaign for independence whether it's convenient or not. There will be marches all over Wales sooner or later. @YesCymru @AUOBCymru

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

A N N I B Y N I A E T H Welsh independence now, Os gwelwch chi'n dda! #indywales Join @YesCymru today, heddiw!

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Upon reading there will be several outcomes - Indy-supporters: Yes! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Indy-curious: Pretty convincing, maybe I'll join @YesCymru . 👍 On the fence: This is a Professor of Economics so he must know what he's on about. 🤔 Unionists: Didn't read it (or didn't understand it). 🧌

YesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@YesCymru

1 year

An independent Wales would have no problem choosing a currency and managing its budget. That's it. That's the tweet.

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@Daf4Cymru

10 months

He's always been obsessed with hating Wales. Humiliated tonight by the better rugby, the better team, and the better men. Eddie Jones is the Napoleon of World Rugby: a little sh*t coach, and an even worse man. Australia deserve better than this excuse of a coach.

Abolish Westminster

@AbolishWestmin

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This has aged well!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏉 “Wales is a little shit place”. Eddie Jones

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

So in the next GE, we'll be trading one London-centric, private-schooled robot lacking any care for Cymru, for another one. Decisions, decisions! Independence please and thanks. It will be far better than the Tory continuity act that is the Labour party. @YesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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1 year

GRIMM BREAKING NEWS A Senior @LabourParty policy Advisor has informed @ScottishLabour and @WelshLabour that all Regional Policy decisions will be formulated in London.He said "We cant have contradictory statements in the press,Keir has made it clear, its his way or not at all"

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

"Great Britain has become Little England." So true. And no wonder Scotland wants out, because they aren't England. Neither are we. Cymru dyn ni. We are Wales. It's time we started making all the decisions for Wales in Wales. #annibyniaeth #indywales Join @YesCymru today

Liz Webster

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An honest #Brexit Britain assessment from CNN! Fareed Zakaria gives us the truth on the fallout from Brexit and urges the UK to rejoin the EU. #GetBrexitUndone

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

The unionists are writing our material for us. Let's go! Join @YesCymru #indywales

YesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@YesCymru

1 year

“Independence is always better than dependence” Never a truer word said Mr Chancellor!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #indyWales #Annibyniaeth

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

What about it, Reckless? They changed their minds 8 years later. A population is allowed to do that. It's only people like yourself that don't believe in your countrymen, and want to disenfranchise them. Shall we talk about the zero seats your AWAP achieved in 2019? @YesCymru

Mark Reckless

@MarkReckless

1 year

What about 77% voting for Malta to be part of UK in 1956 referendum?

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Hey @guardian . Any reports or coverage on the 7000 marching for #indywales in Swansea today? Or is Wales out of scope for you? @YesCymru @AUOBCymru

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Inheritance tax, as it stands, is a completely pointless tax in Cymru. In an independent Wales, we could have a tax system that works for both those paying taxes (so everyone), and those benefiting from them (so everyone!)

YesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@YesCymru

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👀 look at Wales, edrych ar Cymru!

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@Daf4Cymru

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- 33% of children in Wales are in absolute poverty. That's over 90,000. - 67% of Welsh households are in fuel poverty. 2 out of 3. - 2.6% of Welsh GDP is spent on its behalf on defence, twice the EU average. And you're bringing tourism to the table? Seriously?

Gabrielle Stubbs

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@Daf4Cymru over 20 percent households in Malta live in poverty . The connection to Britain gave them a tourist industry . Countries that are small need to carefully consider advantages of being part of a G7 economy including expensive costs like defence .

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More than half a ton of wasted food per MP. Half a ton.

YesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@YesCymru

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Meanwhile, 90,000 Welsh children live in absolute poverty. 🤬

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

@SpiderChris420 @JasonReidUK He did many... underage people.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

@gabystubbs1 I've been there too. Lovely country. A perfect example of what a country can do once it has released itself from the shackles of Westminster rule.

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

10 months

Wales has comfortably the 3rd best devolution deal behind Scotland and NI. Money is literally stolen from Wales for England-only projects that will not even benefit Wales indirectly. Resources such as water and energy are taken without payment, and Wales sees zero benefit.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Except that they will. And while there may not be as many people in those roles, it will be offset by jobs created many times over. Westminster closed the mines and didn't care about creating jobs for those left without them. Wales will do it differently.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

The question was along the lines of: what services does Wales get from the UK that it doesn't pay for? Like I said, a good question. As taxes are still paid by Welsh people and businesses, and there is no real ring-fencing of funds, the simple answer is: none of them.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Diolch @MhairiBlack !

YesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@YesCymru

1 year

🚨Conference 2023🚨 “Both Wales and Scotland are living, breathing, examples of how this Union is not one of equals. It is only with the full powers of a normal independent country that we will be able to have governments that will create the future we’re all wanting.” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Another way is possible. Wales is waking up. Recent polls show independence is up to 38-39% with don't knows removed, and lets face it, if anyone is a don't know, they're already indy-curious. This % will get larger. Almost no-one swings back to unionism.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Just a polite reminder that a 99.9% wealth tax on UK billionaires would still make them all millionaires and would raise hundreds of billions for the UK. Just a thought.

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@Daf4Cymru

10 months

"HS2 is about transforming England." So can Wales have its £5billion back?

Andrew Adonis

@Andrew_Adonis

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Don’t lose big picture on HS2. It is about transforming England. With HS2, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool all about an hour or less from London & each other: a huge step to overcoming north-south divide & generating growth between regions. A time to think big not small

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Can we keep reclaiming names of places in Wales, one by one? The uproar it creates among unionists, monoglots and Anglo-supremacists is excellent free publicity, and really funny! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

End of an era. My parents have released their last horse after over 40 years of owning horses. 🐎 They sold their last one to me! I was lucky to grow up with horses, I finally own one! He's of this soil. His ancestors have been here millennia. Murphy the Exmoor. I love him.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

How the Westminster establishment sees Wales.

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I wonder if this is something @OurBBNP can look at and realise their campaign is doomed, and just let it go. @CroesoBannauB @YesCymru @OwsWills @GwernGwynfil #BannauBrycheiniog

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

10 months

@Rob21113Rob @FionaMMorgan @ifanmj @OwsWills Another part of the conspiracy theory.

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@Daf4Cymru

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Legends.

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@Daf4Cymru

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@That_Garth_Guy @ifanmj @OwsWills Exactly. How incredibly woke of me to want to be able to walk to my nearest bank branch.

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Just think, all of this @GaryLineker stuff could have been avoided if: - @SuellaBraverman hadn't used language like they did in 1930s Germany, -The @Conservatives had opened safe routes, -The Home Office actually processed asylum claims, -The @BBCNews wasn't run by a Tory donor.

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Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Currency - GB pound initially. When it's right to change, we'll change. Defence - we could cut our defence spending in half and still spend more than the EU average (in %GDP terms) Pensions - The UK must continue paying pensions to those whose NI went to the UK Treasury, by law.

Lorraine Bell🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Extremist

@rainie1410

1 year

@Daf4Cymru @Rampantredlion1 Wait until you get to the part where you are asked "but what currency will you use" or "who you use in defence (army etc)" or my favourite "who is going to pay your pensions"

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@Ethan4Indy @YesCymru Says Paul, a retired person from England living in Wales, claiming his pension from the UK Government. Pot meet kettle.

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@Daf4Cymru

10 months

PSA: @WalesOnline 🤝 @BBCWalesNews Two cheeks, same arse. Much better off with @BylinesCymru & @NationCymru . News outlets that focus more on what is really happening inside Wales, instead of towing whatever line England has told them to.

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@Daf4Cymru

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Interview(s!) went well. Hopefully I'll hear back on Monday. Exactly the role I'm after, exactly what I'm good at, exactly the company I want to work for. Hopefully it's a positive outcome!

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@Daf4Cymru

9 months

Show time.

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@Daf4Cymru

9 months

If Wales was independent, you wouldn't have to pay £5bn for a failed railway project that goes from Birmingham to just outside London. It's the dodgy PPE contracts all over again, but this til, Wales picks up the bill. Join @YesCymru 👇

Join YesCymru

Join YesCymru to be part of the campaign for an Independent Wales. #indyWales

www.yes.cymru

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

This is the nub. The very point of the article. Anyone offended either hasn't read it, didn't understand it, or they do the bidding of unionists in seeking to divide us. @YesCymru @GwernGwynfil @Ethan4Indy

YesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@YesCymru

1 year

“We must address the millions in Wales who will decide the future of our nation. It is they who will take us to Independence and, when we get there, it is they who will decide what shape that Independence takes. It most certainly won’t be a few dozen dogmatic, naive and

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Make sure you're sitting down... The @guardian said something honest and nice about Cymru in an editorial. O bydded i'r heniaith barhau. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Owen Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@OwsWills

1 year

“What is emerging is a distinct identity: modern, multicultural, independent, outward-looking, connected to other small nations. All of which helps to explain why Netflix’s decision to buy the Welsh-language drama Dal Y Mellt is so significant.” 👏 @S4C

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Water and energy are important commodities, and while they wouldn't make massive amounts, the fact is that if Wales were independent, they would make SOME money through trade. Wales receives NOTHING for free. But it does have things TAKEN from it without reimbursement. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

All you need to know about what the next Labour UK government will do for Wales. You indy yet?

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Calan Mai! (1st of May) First day of summer! Have a good one! Oh and join @YesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Join YesCymru

Join YesCymru to be part of the campaign for an Independent Wales. #indyWales

www.yes.cymru

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

This is the absolute last I'm saying on this. There are only so many times and so many ways to say that I'm campaigning for Indy first and foremost, and that I'm glad @YesCymru is doing the same. I'll campaign for a republic after. But I need all my energy going towards indy.

Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

1 year

2 groups of people want to go to an ice cream shop. 1 group doesn't mind what flavour you have as long as we all get ice cream. The other group only allows you to have mint choc chip. Either group is fine if you want mint choc chip, but only one is acceptable if you don't.

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@Daf4Cymru

7 months

You give them all that money, as members of a union, for decades, and they leave you out of their infrastructure improvement plans. Shocking. Westminster would never do such a thing. 🙄

Parody Keir Starmer

@Parody_PM

7 months

Daily Express staff in shock after non EU country is left out of EU plans for EU countries.

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@Daf4Cymru

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@Rob21113Rob @FionaMMorgan @ifanmj @OwsWills I hate to be the one to tell you this Rob, but you are a 100% Class A conspiracy theorist. If you don't want to be one, that's fine. But nearly all crackpot conspiracy theorists use variations of the term "concerned citizen" while denying they're conspiracy theorists. Get help.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Furthermore, if you erroneously believe Wales to be such a burden on the UK state, logically, you should want Welsh independence.

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@Daf4Cymru

7 months

@BylinesCymru @ImFarrellPerks I wasn't born in Wales. You have to go back to my grandparents to find family born in Wales. Spoke Cymraeg as a kid though before I started at an English school. Bullied for decades for "being Welsh" by English peers. If I had to put up with that, I can count myself as Welsh.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Absolutely. A nationwide boycott. Run the S*n out of Wales.

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@OwsWills

1 year

More of this, please 👏

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@Daf4Cymru

9 months

Update: Video interview tomorrow!

Daf Smith

@Daf4Cymru

9 months

Just applied for my dream job. God, I hope I get it.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

FYFI: If you receive a state pension in Wales already, you have proven you are already eligible, and the UK/Westminster would be obliged to continue to pay your pension under their own law, even in the event of Welsh independence. Any comments otherwise is fear-mongering.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

REVEALED TODAY: 171 billionaires in the UK have a combined wealth of £683.8 BILLION. Put another way, that is 27 times the tax revenue for Wales. An 11% wealth tax on those 171 individuals would raise the entire of Wales' annual GDP, and they would all still be billionaires.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Welsh independence.

YesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@YesCymru

1 year

Welsh Independence.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

I was asked a question by someone who was then abusive. His question was a good one, but I'm not going to respond directly to someone who doesn't actually care about the answer and just wants to attack personally.

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@Daf4Cymru

8 months

Update on the interviews: I now have two contract offers and I have to decide which one I want more. Something about buses. Amazing position to be in tho.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

I firmly agree. Why would they install this monstrosity next to the Owain Glyndwr pub? Can someone paint it back red again please?

Welsh Conservatives 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@WelshConserv

1 year

👎 It is disappointing for people to deface a celebratory symbol. 👑 The monarchy is hugely popular here in Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 The people of Wales are proudly Welsh and proudly British. We look forward to celebrating this historic occasion.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

The status quo is high poverty levels, rising bills and removal of financial support. Cymru can be so much better. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

YesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@YesCymru

1 year

In this broken United Kingdom, we have witnessed the erosion of our public services, the widening chasm of inequality, and the disregard for our cultural identity. But in Wales, we possess the strength to rebuild, to protect and nurture the institutions that lie at the heart of

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@Daf4Cymru

10 months

Hang it in the Amgueddfa.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

This is a fantastic thread.

Cymru Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@wal_cym

1 year

Rail networks in Wales are poor because of Westminster. Rail infrastructure is NOT devolved in Wales and so Westminster leaves us with a half a rail service that is England centric, London centric and Westminster centric.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

Iesu Grist, my mentions. Who knew there were people who hated the idea of independence so much that they'd sacrifice their own credibility? Always happy to answer genuine questions or redirect to research about Welsh independence. "Genuine" is the key word there.

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

67.7% of Welsh homes in fuel poverty in April. The cost of being in the Union 💀 Join @YesCymru and we can make a difference. There's a £5 per year option if you are a victim of the government's inaction and energy company profiteering. Solution 🧵👇

Plaid Cymru warns of 'devastating consequences’ if UK Government fails to postpone April's energy...

Plaid Cymru has warned of ‘devastating consequences’ unless the UK Government postpones a planned energy price hike in April. Under the Energy Price Guarantee, the UK Government sets maximum prices...

nation.cymru

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@Daf4Cymru

1 year

The house didn't have an English name before, so we haven't removed anything from the local community and culture, unless there's some kind of English monopoly on the number 25. No-one has told us to remove it or change it because it makes no difference at all to them. 2/3

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@Daf4Cymru

7 months

This is Westminster Secretary of State for Education proudly gloating essentially about much better English state schools are funded by English, Scottish, Welsh and NI tax payers. If Wales could borrow to invest in schools like England can, we'd probably see better attainment.

Gillian Keegan

@GillianKeegan

7 months

These results put England higher in the rankings than Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Norway. And within the UK, under the @Conservatives , England have the best education standards, while Labour-run Wales remain at the bottom. 3/5

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